http://natureinfocus.com PhotoNaturalist Bill Boothe has searchable nature photo galleries of digital and 35 mm color images with articles and descriptions of endangered and threatened plant species, wildflowers, trees, shrubs, butterflies, skippers, and other insects, spiders, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and Florida habitats. Primary focus is macrophotography and Florida endangered plants. Prints and stock images available for purchase through photographer's business Natural Encounters. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:51:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1963|100 px Georgia Trip Photo Album You can click on the thumbnail at left to view all the photos from the Georgia trip. Click on any of the images in the article to view a larger size. 2063|300 px Cutleaf Toothcup My wife Marcia and I have just returned from a weekend trip to Georgia ... http://natureinfocus.com/articles/georgia-trip-to-montezuma-bluffs-natural-area-and-indian-springs 71|300 See the entire sequence of Lizard Wars! It is not uncommon to see a male green anole asserting his territorial rights. You've probably seen a male displaying his brightest coloration, "puffing up" to look larger, and doing "push ups" Until this year, I had never seen two male anoles progress beyond these ... http://natureinfocus.com/articles/lizard-wars by Gil Nelson Pineapple Press, 2000 ISBN 1561641979 $19.95 Paperback $27.95 Hardcover Gil Nelson has done it again with his newest guide. A non-technical book on the ferns of Florida was long overdue. It is a much appreciated complement to his other two books on the flora of Florida, The Trees of Florida and The ... http://natureinfocus.com/book-reviews/ferns-of-florida Take a break and solve this puzzle to reveal the photo. Just drag and drop the pieces to their new position. You'll be taken to the photo album when you correctly solve the puzzle. Don't be deceived - it's harder than it looks! http://natureinfocus.com/puzzles/photo-puzzle 788|300px   My wife Marcia and I were hiking at Torreya State Park near the Apalachicola River when I saw bright glints of green in bare patches of dirt on the trail. Upon closer examination, I saw that they were Six-spotted Tiger Beetles (Cicindela sexguttata). As always, I had my camera with me ... http://natureinfocus.com/animals/in-pursuit-of-the-six-spotted-tiger-beetle 1216|300px   We were walking along a trail with our friends and had stopped to admire a nice batch of pickerelweed that was growing in the water near a small wooden bridge on a trail. We were enjoying and photographing the many butterflies that were nectaring on the pickerelweed. Then I looked ... http://natureinfocus.com/animals/the-praying-mantis-eating-gulf-fritillary Barnard, Edward L., and Wayne N. Dixon. Insects and Diseases: Important Problems of Florida's Forest and Shade Tree Resources. Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry. Bates, Marston. The Natural History of Mosquitoes. Harper and Row. Borror, Donald J., and Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Insects ... http://natureinfocus.com/animals/insect-books by Wilbur H. Duncan and Marion B. Duncan University of Georgia Press, 1999 ISBN 0820321079 $29.95 Hardcover Many years ago, I bought my first plant photo identification book, Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States by Wilbur Duncan and Duncan Foote. Now tattered and worn, I have carried it far and wide through the eastern ... http://natureinfocus.com/book-reviews/wildflowers-of-the-eastern-united-states by Hugh Nourse and Carol Nourse University of Georgia Press, 2000 ISBN 0820321796 $29.95 Hardcover Having made my first trek to the mountains of Georgia in the springtime of 2000, I understood why the authors enjoyed the eight years that they photographed Georgia's splendid wildflowers. They divide the coverage of this large-format volume into four ... http://natureinfocus.com/book-reviews/wildflowers-of-georgia by B. Eugene Wofford University of Georgia Press, 1989 ISBN 9780820324555 $26.95 Paperback Another identification manual that is a must while botanizing in the Blue Ridge province is the Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge. Its wide range of habitats within the region extends from northern Georgia to southern Pennsylvania. Over ... http://natureinfocus.com/book-reviews/guide-to-the-vascular-plants-of-the-blue-ridge